EuroWire January 2020

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Wire and cable machinery fromTurkey

for the forthcoming year. As a company that develops its own products, it has started continuous training to increase production quality, and has established a quality laboratory in its new factory. One-to-one education and training for all operations makes the working environment safer and more efficient. The move to the new factory provided the growth of work areas, as well allowing an increase in the number of employees, enabling the design of new products and an increase in the manufacture of existing products. Sarmakina states that its bobbin winder lines, for the bobbins that feed braiding machines, are used in major cable and wire factories from Brazil to the UK. The company is expecting a busy year, based on both the orders it already has and the planned demands of customers in the new period. After completing work for its sister companies – Sarkuysan, Sark Wire and Sark Bulgaria – for double twist bunching machines, last year the company started to meet the needs of other customers. Its bunching machines began to run for companies in Turkey and around Europe, and it is in negotiations with other cable companies for their needs for bunching machines in the coming years. The number of payoffs in operation around the world is now approaching 1,000. Sarmakina Sanayi ve Ticaret AS www.sarmakina.com.tr

SARMAKINA Sanayi ve Ticaret AS is a manufacturing, engineering and contracting company that was founded in 1991 by Sarkuysan AS, the largest copper wire manufacturer in Turkey. Its main products are machinery supplied to the wire and cable industry, including motor-driven payoffs and spoolers, bunching machines, bobbin winders, rewinding lines, emulsion systems, filters and tin plating lines. It also supplies standard and custom-made steel reels, as well as projecting, manufacturing, subcontracting and contraction works and steel construction works. The company reports that, in addition to routine local sales, its exports and customer portfolio are growing. There is serious competition in this sector, but the company believes it is strong enough not to have the need for competition in the local market because of the quality and price of its products. Sarmakina’s export targets for the next year are European countries, and the USA and Russia. It already has customers in the USA, Germany, Italy, the UK, Bulgaria, Croatia and Austria who buy its machinery and steel reels periodically. Demand for Sarmakina’s products has increased because of European companies’ investment in new machinery and their desire to expand production, and it is targeting a ten per cent growth in production and profits.

The company has new plans and an investment programme

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